Thomas Kunz
Systems and Computer Engineering
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Mobile Station
nTerminal for the use of GSM services
nA mobile station (MS) comprises several functional groups
–MT (Mobile Terminal):
noffers common functions used by all services the MS offers
ncorresponds to the network termination (NT) of an ISDN access
nend-point of the radio interface (Um)
–TA (Terminal Adapter):
nterminal adaptation, hides radio specific characteristics
–TE (Terminal Equipment):
nperipheral device of the MS, offers services to a user
ndoes not contain GSM specific functions
–SIM (Subscriber Identity Module):
npersonalization of the mobile terminal, stores user parameters
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